TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 20059 [ 2018TNSTR.955....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-07-10 11:02:53
Date made public:
Sender: Gaia_Bot1
Reporting Group: GaiaAlerts     Discovery Data Source: GaiaAlerts

A. Delgado, D. Harrison, S. Hodgkin, M. van Leeuwen, G. Rixon, A. Yoldas (University of Cambridge), on behalf of Gaia Alerts team report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2018dfe
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18btb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:50:21.730 (357.590542) DEC = -08:53:04.96 (-8.884711)
Discovery date: 2018-07-09 00:48:57.000 (JD=2458308.5339931)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy 2MASX J23502141-085306, GS-TEC predicts SN Ia

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-07-09 00:48:57.000
Flux: 18.94 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-06-05 07:09:07
Limiting flux: 21.5 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2018dfe